Adjustable rod support for shades, curtains, and drapes



r 1,625,160 April 1927' H. ROBINSON ADJUSTABLE ROD SUPPORT FOR SHADES, CURTAINS. AND DRAPES Filed May 5. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR.

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Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

LULA H. ROBINSON,

1,625,160 PATENT OFFICE.

OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

ADJUSTABLE ROI) SUPPORT FOR SHADES, CURTAINS, AND DBAPES.

Application filed May 5,

This invention relates to window attachments and attachments for other similar openings and it refers more particularly to supports for hangings used upon such open- 5 ings such as shades, curtains, draperies and other analogous fixtures, the primary ob ect of which consists, first, in the provision of a hanger of substantial and durable construction wherebyan unllmlted number of draperies may be afiiX-ed thereon to produce the desired effect without requiring additional hooks to deface the window,

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second, to provide a hanger having in combination with its vertical adjustment facili- F ties, a means to effect lateral adjustment as well, whereby tam rods may the entire assembly of ourbe simultaneously adjusted to accord in width to that of the opening to which it is to be applied.

With the foregoing and other ob ects in view, the invention to certain has particular relation novel features of construction,

operation and assembly of parts, an example of which is described and manifested in the course of the following detail description In the perspective view of drawings: Figure 1 represents a one form of hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is anelevational view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 represents another form of the invention, assembly.

whereon is shown a triple rod and,

Figure 8 is a plan view of Figure 7, as the same appears when secured in position upon a window.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, attention is directed to Figure 6,

illustrating a window opening having cleats 1 suitably secured upon either side thereof.

The L shaped slides 2 as seen in the difierent views, are adapted to conform with and engage behind these cleats, as whereupon illustrated in Figure 5 also, the rods are made sufliciently 1925. Serial No. 28,045.

rigid, by means provided therefor, whereby to retain the slides 2 in position as described, thus a means is effected to vertically adjust the hanger on a horizontal plane with respect to the said opening.

In Figure 1, the hanger therein shown consists of a rod 3 having convoluted end portions on which is efiected a straight portion 4, which will be termed a lateral support, and which is arranged to receive a collar 5. Depending from this collar is a shade support 6, providing also a point of attachment for an extensible rod 7, having its other end secured to the opposing support 6. The length adjustment of the rod 7 afi'ords a means for securing the L shaped slides 2 in position behind the cleats 1, after which the set screws 8 are tightened in accordance with the tension required of the L shaped slides against the cleats 1. It will be understood however, that the rods 7 may be devoid of adjusting facilities and still maintain their applicability as set forth above, as the L shaped slides are shown to be movable upon the said rods 7, and therefore may be moved to a point where they'engage the cleats 1 on opposing sides of the opening, in whichposition they are rigidly secured by tightening the set screws 9 provided thereon, the rod 7 maintaining rigidity of the structure with respect to the said opening.

The structure now being rigid upon the window, the rods 3 encasing intermediate rods 3 are extended or contracted as the case may be, until the desired width is attained, whereupon they are secured in permanent position by the clamps 10, which, of course may be of any suitable construction. After this is accomplished, the shade supports 6 are moved along the lateral sup ports 4 of the structure illustrated in Figure 1, to suit the requirements as to the width of the shade to be applied thereon. The collar 5 is then secured in this position by the set screw 11 thereon. It is of course obvious that the foregoing operation is subsequent .to the mounting of the draperies and curtains thereon, aside however from the shade, which may be later mounted.

Referring to Figure 3, another form of hanger is illustrated, which latter is provided wit-h facilities for the mounting of a multiplicity of rods thereon, two of which are shown in addition to a third rod which latter is employed for the purpose of permancntly atlixing the hanger in a horizontal plane upon the window and to prevent inward movement of the slides 2, thus releasing the same from their engagement with the respective cleats. This latter rod is indicated by the numeral 12, and performs the same function as does the rod 7 in the preceding structure.

The method of mounting the rods 13 upon the lateral supports 14 may be of any suitable dcsign, but in the present case, such method consists of a T end upon the ends of the rods, arranged to be received in a c011- torinable slot in the support, as shown. This method may atford greater stability of the striu-ture but should not be confined thereto.

In the illustration shown in Figure 3, the slides 2 are mounted upon the lateral snpports 14-, which arrangement attords a til-eater weight carrying structure than the form illustrated .in Figures 7 and 8, due to the fact that the entire weight of the strncturc, as well as that or the hangings thereon, is applied to the slides 2, which are, in this instance, on an even plane to that of the rods 13. The hanger as illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 adapted for use when only light weight hangings are employed. However this form of hunger may also be reorted to in the hanging of heavier drapes when proportionally constructed with this in view.

its a whole, the invention embodies the principle of producing, in combination with the horizontal and vertical adjustments as 'lin'merly claimed by the petitioner in a previous application, Serial No. 785,298, Sept. 2, 192 t an assembly of extensible rods and supports as shown, which will greatly facilitate the hanging of window draperies and decorations, and afford a means for arranging the latter to accord with the requirements and taste of the user. Moreover, to etl'eet an ar 'angement whereby the number of rods may be varied in accordance with the number of hangings required to be supported thereby. The rods used in connection with the invention are varied in construction, for example, in Figure 1 of the drawings, a central rod is received by the hollow ends of the end rods, while in Figures 7 and 8, the central rod is hollow and receives the ends of the end rods.

The invention has been disclosed as including all the elements as set forth in the appended claim and it should be under stood that the means shown for securing the rods from horizontal displacement or for securing the latter to their respective supports may be varied without departing from the spirit and intent of the invention.

What is claimed is:

In a. hanger of the type set forth, an end support composed of a relatively short rear horizontal part the inner end portion of which part is extended forwardly and then outwardly to lie parallel to the body of the part and which is then further extended forwardly and inwardly to lie parallel to the outavardly extending portion, the opposite end of the part being extended for 'ardly and inwardly to lie parallel to the i1 ardly extending portion, the ends of the two inwardly extending portions being each free and formed for connection to curtain holdin rodsn testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

LULA I-I. ROBINSON. 

